Kevin Pritchard

Bill Simmons: I hate being wrong, unless it's about Greg Oden

First impressions matter more in basketball than in any other sport, and they can be savored only in person. And if we happen to be watching a potential franchise center, we can tell right away. Young Hakeem possessed so much...

Blazers waiting for Oden

BY BRIAN HENDRICKSON ; The (Vancouver) Columbian Published: November 4th, 2008 12:25 PM TUALATIN, Ore. - After the Portland Trail Blazers coach was asked on Monday if he hoped rookie center Greg Oden return from his foot injury...

No truth to rumors Kidd on trading block

NEW YORK — Opening week in the NBA has been fraught with trade gossip concerning Jason Kidd, TV talk about Mike Woodson and Marc Iavaroni (to name two head coaches) beginning the season in grave job jeopardy;by the end of the...

What is with the Blazers and their big men?

Greg Oden's latest injury sent a shudder through the Trail Blazers, conjuring memories of Sam Bowie and Bill Walton. Longtime Blazers broadcaster Bill Schonely, who was around for the glory days of the 1977 championship, urges...

Title repeat quite a feat

Winning back-to-back NCAA basketball championships is highly unlikely in this day and age of parity and one-and-dones to the NBA. Yet recent history reminds all it’s not unthinkable to clip the nets on college hoops’ biggest...

Bedore: Several Jayhawks banner-worthy

There are oh, so many things to love about Allen Fieldhouse, home of Kansas University basketball the past 53 years. In no particular order, there’s ... • The limestone facade. • The quaint windows. • The videoboard.

No truth to rumors Kidd on trading block

NEW YORK — Opening week in the NBA has been fraught with trade gossip concerning Jason Kidd, TV talk about Mike Woodson and Marc Iavaroni (to name two head coaches) beginning the season in grave job jeopardy;by the end of the...

Sonics fans may look to Portland

In the most basic way, Nate McMillan is still a man divided between loyalties. It has been three years since he left Seattle to coach the... Cleveland at Boston, 5 p.m., TNT Milwaukee at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Portland at L.A....

NBA: Young Trail Blazers make way for mania

Talk about retro. For years the Los Angeles Lakers' most feared rival wasn't in San Antonio but Portland, before the Trail Blazers turned into the wild bunch known as the Jail Blazers and started terrorizing the town. It's...

Finally, Oden ready for prime time in Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. — In another place, involving someone else, the moment might've meant nothing. But when Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden rolled his ankle during the team's first training camp practiceSept. "No question,...

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